An understaffed transportation department got a treat from Champaign Central's boys' basketball team on Friday morning.
Mary Henson received a standing ovation at the IBCA Hall of Fame banquet at Redbird Arena: 'It shows how beloved Lou was, that’s what it tells me.'
The all-boys' boarding school boasts basketball and cross-country teams and is known for its passionate home crowds.
Bike paths, parks, ponds, interstate interchanges, emergency phones on campus, brick streets, COVID, July heat, the "ring of poles" in rural Champaign County, cicadas, a new Champaign schools administrator and much, much more.
The reigning News-Gazette All-Area boys' basketball Player of the Year opened up about why he chose Drew Valentine's Ramblers as his future college team.
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The reigning News-Gazette All-Area Player of the Year verbally committed to the Chicago-based Division I school on Sunday night.
Kevin Taylor stepped aside to spend more time with his family, while Arteaga is moving on from multiple coaching assignments at Westville.
'My message would be to enjoy the journey,' Rantoul’s Blake Schilb says after his Olympic basketball experience. 'That no matter what believe in yourself and surround yourself with positive people who may also believe in similar ideas.'
Members of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association visited Tuesday to hand-deliver a Hall of Fame plaque recognizing our sport department as its “Organization of the Year.”
Allen participated in soccer, basketball and baseball for the Maroons throughout his high school career, making the All-Area first team twice on the pitch and helping the baseball team to a 2021 Class 3A regional championship.
Preps coordinator Colin Likas breaks down the local high school sports season that was, shining a spotlight on some of the best and brightest from fall, winter and spring athletics.
A handful of Unity athletes — some of them 2021 graduates — represented the school Thursday during its second consecutive victory in The News-Gazette's Program of the Year chase.
'I never doubted myself, but I know there were a lot of other people who doubted I could do it'
The 1997 Maroons graduate has been a longtime assistant coach in three sports, but now he'll oversee the school's boys' basketball program.
One athlete with local ties ended her involvement in the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, while another hopes to extend his participation on Saturday.
Longtime assistant announced as interim boys' coach.
CHAMPAIGN — For more than a decade, Jennifer Payan has taken the title of “team mom” to the next level at Judah Christian.
Dylan is off to the Braves organization, while Mark plugs away as BHRA's football and baseball coach: 'We all just feel very, very blessed'
Star basketball player now possesses 13 offers overall.
Family and friends of Bailey Dee, a former Champaign Central and Danville Area Community College basketball player who was shot dead in Atlanta last weekend, remembered him Thursday and spoke against gun violence.
From his small-town roots to his close family ties, incoming St. Joseph-Ogden junior Ty Pence is making a name for himself. And Division I college basketball coaches are taking notice
A decorated group of sportswriters across the state weigh in on the debate
Tuscola standout has plethora of Division I offers
Last week, I used this space to talk about the local football players who are involved with this week’s 47th Illinois High School Shrine Game.
Local senior football players will have one last chance to impress, while area basketball coaches did just that during the shortened 2021 season.
DENVER — Tevin Smith’s verbal commitment to Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball on Jan. 1 was tethered to Titans assistant coach and Bloomington native Brandon Dunson.
The Spartans junior-to-be took an unofficial visit to Illinois' campus on Wednesday and came home with his first Power 6 offer.
SJ-O standout receives one after unofficial visit on Wednesday
He guided the program to four regional championships in his six-season tenure.
The National Federation of State High School Associations on Wednesday announced it'll permit a 35-second shot clock for any states that want to utilize one.
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